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  • UPDATE (1.8.17): Due to weather concerns, the Learning from Standing Rock event has been moved to Chris Knutzen Hall (CK) in PLU’s Anderson University Center. TACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 31, 2017)- Pacific Lutheran University will host an event titled “Learning from Standing Rock” on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at…

    their fight for indigenous rights, their communities and the earth.” Learning from Standing Rock will also include a dance performance by students from Chief Leschi School and a presentation from Orgullo Purepecha, a community group that works to preserve Purepecha indigenous culture (from Michoacan, Mexico). PLU’s Red Square is located on the university’s “upper campus” and is outside of the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Parking at all PLU lots will be free and won’t require

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 4, 2020) — Pacific Lutheran University is pleased to announce that world health icon and distinguished alumnus Dr. William Foege ‘57 will return to campus to give the annual Rachel Carson Science, Technology & Society Annual Lecture on Feb. 20. Foege, who…

    1970s — eradicating the deadly disease that up until that point claimed millions of lives per year. “PLU is honored to welcome home Dr. William Foege, a public health champion whose groundbreaking work has done incalculable good around the globe,” PLU president Allan Belton said. “He embodies this university’s call for its students to live lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care — for other people, for their communities, and for the earth.” Foege’s presentation, entitled “Why to

  • The Psychology Department’s mission is to foster a community of scholars committed to the science of psychology, as an epistemology and as a set of practical tools and ethical obligations.

    to educate our students to be broadly educated and capable of understanding facts, exercising values, and reflecting critically. We view our students’ work in the major as an integral part of their broader vocational journey, as they prepare for lives of “thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care…for other people, for their communities, and for the earth.” Our curriculum exposes majors to varied theoretical approaches, and both basic and applied research literatures. Our courses encourage

  • How important is sustainability at PLU? Important enough to include in our University Mission Statement, to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care - for other

    SustainabilityPacific Lutheran University Loves Where You Live!How important is sustainability at PLU? Important enough to include in our University Mission Statement, “to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care – for other people, for their communities and for the earth.” Sustainability is part of the culture here at PLU and our Residential Life teams partner with various university departments to offer students sustainable living practices on campus.Did

  • Gregory Peterson, Senior Capstone Seminar Controlled living anionic polymerization was employed to synthesize tetrablock copolymers in order to determine their compatibilizing ability in polymer

    anemia crises that is effective in only 40% of patients. We are interested in synthesizing related compounds for biological study, including the natural product N,N’-dihydroxyurea (DHU) and its analogs based on drug design by David Mazziotti. Routes to DHU have been previously reported by Weifang et al. using triphosgene (40% yield) and Boyland et al. using phosgene (46%). S,S’-Dimethyldithiocarbonate (DMDTC) was chosen as a convenient precursor which could potentially improve the ease of isolation

  • McTee’s Symphony No. 1 – Ballet for Orchestra – performed April 11 by University Symphony Orchestra For Cindy McTee ‘75, music was ingrained in her life from the moment she was born. McTee spent her youth wandering around the PLU campus while her mom was…

    classes, and a pre-concert talk on April 11 at 7 p.m. in the Jennie Lee Hansen Recital Hall followed by the Student Spotlight Concert at 8 p.m. where her work will be performed. Receiving specialized advice from someone who was in their shoes 40 years ago, wandering around the same campus, is a rare opportunity for PLU student composers. When asked what advice she would give young composers, McTee explains that they should continue working and composing despite any doubts they might have. “We need new

  • PLU President Tom Krise teaches a course on Caribbean literature during the spring semester. (Photos by John Froschauer) President Krise goes to the front of the class…to teach By Katie Scaff ’13 When students walked into Admin 214 at the beginning of spring semester for…

    definite passion for what he’s teaching,” Stone said. “Even if you’re not the president of the university, that’s a good [skill] to have.” Teaching is rare for a university president, but it isn’t unheard of, according to Krise, who has taught at least one course a year throughout his career. “When I was a dean and a department chair I was always teaching — all the way through — so I’d like to keep up that pattern,” Krise said. “It changes your view of the university and the students and everything

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 25, 2017)- A signed photo of Madeleine Albright hangs at eyeline above Kinesiology Professor Colleen Hacker’s desk at Pacific Lutheran University. Next to Albright is a photo of Hacker with Chelsea Clinton, then another of her with Venus and Serena Williams. Then…

    and scholarly based,” Hacker said. Karen McConnell, Ph.D., is dean of the School of Kinesiology and a vocal advocate for Hacker. McConnell said her colleague is known for being a well-versed scholar in the field. “Reading all the research and bringing that to bear in practice,” she said. “That’s very rare and she’s probably the best in the country at it.” And Hacker works with the best in the country. The cinematic season for the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team will most likely join the ranks of photos

  • Dear PLU Community, As we continue to engage in the long game of responding as a community to multiple coexisting public health concerns, I am writing to update you on two specific concerns that may be on your mind: COVID-19 variants and the emergence of…

    Resources, and students to the Health Center, if they have any further COVID-related concerns or questions. As monkeypox becomes an emerging concern, we are also preparing to respond to the possibility of a case occurring in our campus community. Monkeypox Overview and Campus Protocols What is monkeypox? Monkeypox is a rare virus related to the smallpox and chickenpox viruses and is endemic to several sub-Saharan countries. It has appeared in briefly occurring clusters in Europe and the US, but never to

  • It would take hours to describe all the ways to get involved at PLU. In fact, we make it easy to participate.

    involved. They lead. You can change the world with Advocates for Social Justice or work side-by-side with faculty to implement earth-friendly practices on campus. Some clubs are tailor-made to apply lessons from the classroom like the Investment Club, where you meet each week with students and business professors to invest real money in the Stock Market. Of course, there are clubs that allow you to recharge your spirit with others who share similar interests, belief systems or cultures, such as the